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  • … wild turkeys, squirrels, bears, deer, and raccoons. Fall color is inconsistent and varies from red to reddish-brown or sometimes yellow. The leaves of this oak are broad and sharply …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … lilac breeder of the nineteenth century. While other nineteenth-century cultivars have dropped from cultivation over time, the lilacs, as a group, continue to be popular landscape plants. … pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Excel early-flowering lilac produces fragrant single lavender blooms. The cultivar is derived from a cross between the common lilac and the Asian lilac. This large deciduous shrub that can … pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … hardiness in the early 20th century by Isabella Preston of Ottawa, Canada. These lilacs result from a cross between S. reflexa and S. villosa . Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as … pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … hardiness in the early 20th century by Isabella Preston of Ottawa, Canada. These lilacs result from a cross between S. reflexa and S. villosa . Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as … pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … hardiness in the early 20th century by Isabella Preston of Ottawa, Canada. These lilacs result from a cross between S. reflexa and S. villosa . Members of the genus Syringa , commonly known as … pink or white blossoms. Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … at maturity, with a spread of 30 feet. It has a high canopy with a typical clearance of 6 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … through winter. Native to China, Korean, and Japan, linden viburnums derive their name from the leaves, which resemble those of the linden tree. It is an upright deciduous shrub that …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … found a colony of these trees in an inaccessible part of the Blue Mountains only 100 miles from Sydney (Australia's biggest city) and the species was subsequently named after him. Fewer …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Hibiscus is a large group of flowering plants in the mallow family. The name Hibiscus came from the Greek word “hibiskos” that meant “marshmallow.” The sticky root or stem of some plant in … or bicolored, and their stems tend to be woody.  Tropical hibiscus requires full sun, shelter from strong winds, and the warmth of summer. Their survival is dependent on surrounding … the stems are quite sturdy. Rose mallow is native to wetland areas on the eastern seaboard from Massachusetts to Florida and can be found as far west as Michigan and Alabama. See how they …
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